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AFFORDABLE FOOTBALL?

We May Need To Be More German...Or Look Lower
IAN TOWNSEND tackles the complex problem of rising ticket prices amid booming TV deals and suggests how the German model or even non league football could help the fans

Bayern Munich fans 

On August14th football fans led by officials from the Football Supporters’ Federation marched to English Premier League and Football League offices to demand ‘Affordable Football for All.’ As well they might. The Premier League is awash with money; the current Premier League television deal alone is worth £5.5 billion. Yet t...

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